West Seattleite invites you to take the Seattle Civility Pledge

(Planting flowers for bystanders and bees is a neighborhood kindness. WSB picture, Gatewood)

Simply obtained from Andreea:

Hello, neighbors! My good good friend and I’ve been considering methods to contribute to making a barely kinder, extra civil metropolis. We’ve embarked personally on what we name our “Seattle Civility Pledge.” I’m sharing right here in case any of y’all would care to affix – and she or he’s doing the identical in her Rainier Seaside neighborhood. Small acts, finished with love. We all know legal guidelines, insurance policies, and so on. are vital, however we don’t underestimate the ability of small stuff, both. So right here we go!

1. I pledge to soften the Seattle freeze. A nod, a smile, a wass up, how ya doing– or no matter human motion breaks via in order that we join with one another in tiny ways in which matter.
2. I pledge to gradual my roll. Youngsters crossing, red-light cameras, cyclists galore–I’m going to attempt my finest to ease up on the gasoline pedal.
3. I pledge to give up trippin’ and let drivers merge and pedestrians cross. After I merge or cross, I pledge to wave a “thanks a lot” and provide a smile.
4. I pledge to select up one piece of rubbish after I’m out and about. Sure, sure, I’m gonna decide up another person’s trash, as a result of it’s my metropolis in any case (and thanks to these I see already doing this!)
5. I pledge to surrender a seat on the bus or assist somebody get their groceries into the automobile or take the cart again for them. Simply because.

Civility: move it on! xo